Rodrigo Oliva

Experience

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  Enterprise Rent-A-Car

  Jan 2000 - Dec 2002

  Branch Operations Manager

  Manage customer expectations and ensure customer’s execution. Ensured rental and sales goals were met by servicing existing accounts and striving to add accounts.Coordinated equipment requirements for efficient order fulfillment and cost containment. Conducted meetings and kick off presentation with car rentals, airlines, hotels and hospitality providers. Reviewed monthly sales figures and quarterly Profit & Loss Statements. Met sales requirements by preparing forecasts and reports on market conditions and strategic metrics.PERSONNEL MGMT - Consulted with human resource on personnel issues: responsibilities included interviewing potential employees, job performance evaluations and training of new employees. Participate in the recruitment of, and lead the training, and development of qualified employees. Provided guidance and mentoring for field sales staff and store personnel. Show less

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  Levy Restaurants

  Jan 2003 - May 2013

  Operations Suites Supervisor

  Oversee Operations & Specialized in Project Management and Implementation with skills that support the ultimate goal of supplier consolidation, improved cost, quality, delivery and operational excellence. Vendor management, supplier identification, measure performance. Negotiation skills. Conflict resolution. Personnel management. Involved in cost saving projects and value optimization strategic plans. Provide operational direction to the daily logistics and procurement activity. Develop Supply Chain initiatives, best practices and strategies, ensuring effective execution, vendor’s management; sourcing’s diversity, quality of services and on time delivery. Experience influencing management and demonstrates the ability to effectively communicate a vision and customers’ accounts management strategies to senior management. Analyze and provide recommendations on demand/supply data to maximize customer satisfaction & increase profitability Show less

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  Traffic Sports USA / Soccer Marketing and Promotions

  Jan 2005 - May 2011

  Event Operations Manager

  Ensure project management excellence by supporting related activities regarding cost and scheduling. Oversee large-scale complex projects or phases of a larger project. Responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects - Develop project plans specifying goals, strategy, scheduling, and identification of risks, contingency plans and allocation of resources. Responsible for project tracking, analysis, and communication. Manage customer expectations and ensure customer’s execution on their tasks for the project. Accurately accounts for all materials, ensuring accuracy meets required levels Show less

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  LATAM Airlines

  Jun 2011 - Jun 2013

  Inventory/Operations Manager

  Develop Supply Chain initiatives, best practices and strategies, ensuring effective execution, vendor’s management; sourcing’s diversity, quality of services and on time delivery. Proposal management – Manage and review requests for information, vendors quotes, requests for proposals and contract requirements. Develop proposals’ kick-off presentations and conduct meetings - Negotiation Skills, LTL - Negotiate contracts and agreements, cost and pricing information and terms and conditions. Extensive experience in planning, scheduling, production control and asset management. Coordinate multiple projects and ensures that the work products and processes meet the standards. Managed audits, assessments and investigations and oversee compliance and corrective actions - Responsible for inventory management and product sourcing and strategy for various repair facilities’ programs by implementing planning practices that lead to decreases stock-outs and increase fill rates. Developed Supply Chain initiatives, compliance best practices and safety strategies, ensuring effective execution and on time delivery. Experience with continuous improvement methods including root cause analysis, Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing and kaizen event. Responsible for vendor’s inventory management and product sourcing and strategy for various service providers by implementing planning practices that lead to decreases stock-outs and increase fill rates.Manage vendors’ selection by comparative bid analysis and suppliers’ assessment and performance by implementing scorecards, metrics and key performance indicators) and comparative bid analysis. Leadership - Experience influencing management and demonstrates the ability to effectively communicate a vision and customers’ accounts management strategies to senior management. Show less

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  UTC Climate, Controls & Security

  Sept 2013 - Oct 2017

  Materials and Logistics Management

   Project management and strong leadership in implementing positive operations’ strategies focused on cost, performance and higher customer’s satisfaction.  Develop standard work, implement business standard processes, establish and track metrics based on customer requirements, and identify gaps in expected and actual performance for warehousing, distribution and logistics processes. Manage team performance reviews and progressive action plans; successfully manage the day to day operations of material logistics and market trends  Supervise 18 direct reports with on hands responsibilities for distribution and logistics, in-process inventory control, warehouse management, material handling, cycle counting and inventory accuracy. Oversee all aspects of material distribution, receiving, put away into stock, distribution to the work stations and shipping to distribution center or direct shipping to customer. Manage cycle count standard work and maintain process while achieving goals, meet cycle count accuracy standards (98%), maintained & created new process to achieve company requirements.  Trained on many ACE (Lean) events; ACE 12.2, Kaizen, VSM, Tiger, 3P, PFEP events.  Applied ACE and continuous improvement experience including value stream mapping, leveling demand, Kanban calculations, lead time reduction, tact-time studies, visual management and demonstrated competency in solution development dealing with reducing cost structure.  Determination of Kanban process, just-in-time delivery, distribution and safety compliance (EHS) to end user customers. Support and ensure personnel comply with Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) policies and guidelines and operate in a safe environment. Attend daily production requirements, and quality investigations with the manufacturing engineering and quality organizations. Show less

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  DB Schenker

  Oct 2017 - Mar 2020

  Operations Manager
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  General Dynamics Information Technology

  Mar 2020 - Jul 2021

  Distribution Center Manager
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  Airbus

  Jul 2021 - now

  • Regional Support Manager

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Head of Inventory/Warehouse

    Jul 2021 - Jul 2023